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All Jack had been doing was dancing back-to-back with friend Julie Basset and had lunged down to the ground and back up.

They were just having fun, in the words of prosecutor David Scutt.

But Davies had been knocked, nothing more, and although he initially told police the whole incident happened in seconds, in fact he waited two-and-a-half minutes before punching Jack so hard he did not even have chance to break his fall.

Jack Mitchell (wearing Superdry T-shirt) recoils from a punch by Jake Davies (to the right of shot) in The Warehouse nightclub, Stroud on February 5. This was the punch which killed Jack (Image: Gloucestershire Police)

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He was charged with manslaughter and throughout the trial maintained he was acting in self-defence.

But witness after witness said they saw no aggression from Jack, and many saw parts or all of the of the attack which Davies launched on Jack – and were backed up by CCTV from inside The Warehouse nightclub.

Davies has a son with his partner and after studying sports science and playing for King’s Stanley FC, he went on to become a plumber.

Jack Mitchell (right) poses for a selfie in the Lord John pub in Stroud on February 4 with his dad Julian behind him, friend Julie Basset (wearing glasses) and family and friends. Later he went to The Warehouse nightclub where he was killed with a single punch by Jake Davies